Lady Cards top Sturgis

The creeping crud took its toll on the Sturgis volleyball, in a five-game loss to rival Coldwater Wednesday night.

“The sickness that has been traveling through the team finally caught up with us tonight,” Sturgis coach Von Metzger said. “We were unable to practice yesterday to a number of players that were sick and we were still feeling the effects of that tonight.”

The Lady Trojans took the first game 25-18. They dropped the second 25-18 and rallied to win the third game 29-27.

The Cardinals took the fourth game 25-23 to force a fifth game.

Coldwater won the final game 15-10.

“Unfortunately we were not able to match Coldwater’s blocking and digging and we gave up way too many aces to their serves,” Metzger added.

The loss drops Sturgis to 4-2 in the league.

“This loss tonight probably takes us out of any conversation for a league title, which was one of our goals,” Metzger said.

Holly Myers had 17 digs, six aces and five kills, Rachel Anderson had 25 kills, eight digs and four blocks and Kelsey Metzger added 37 assists, three blocks and seven kills.

Hannah Marchand had two aces and five kills, Jamie Lioy had two aces, 10 digs and five kills, Morgan Pueschel added two aces, Courtney Lovelace had two aces and Paige Robinson added two blocks.

Sturgis’ JV team made quick work of Coldwater Wednesday night, winning in two games 25-6, 25-12.

Stephanie Cressman had six kills and one block, Micah Hurley added four kills, two digs and three aces and Taylor Bennett had four kills, three digs and two aces.

The Lady Trojans freshmen deep lost to the Cardinals 25-15, 25-11.

Leading Sturgis was Haley Kuhnle with five digs, two kills and two aces and Mikayla Buglione added five digs.

Mallorie Bassage added five kills, four digs, two aces and one block while Jill Pyles had five kills, three blocks and two aces.

Kassidy Bystry added 15 digs.

Haley Russell had four kills and two blocks, Allie Smith had five digs while Alexa Ratkowski dished out 29 assists, adding two kills, five aces, two digs and a block.

White Pigeon got six kills and four digs from Bethany Hagner and five digs from Rachel Brock. Riley Phelps had three kills, Skyler DeMeyer had 14 assists and three digs while Kathrina Hagner added four kills.

Mendon tops Centreville in three

The No. 1 Mendon Hornet volleyball team continued their quest for a special season Wednesday.

Mendon traveled to take on Centreville, picking up a 25-7, 25-16 and 25-6 win over the Lady Bulldogs.

“I think our serving was real tough tonight, they ended up giving us some free balls and we were able to get our offense going tonight,” Mendon coach Kathy Trenary said.

The Hornets remained atop the Class C rankings this week and plan to stay there. Trenary said her team knows where they are in the rankings and it helps them play well despite the potential for added pressure.

“I hope it makes us play better, we tell them to play one game at a time and play our game,” she said. “I think in the back of their heads they have to deal with that pressure and I think that’s good. We talked today about not taking anyone lightly because if someone gets a win off of you that could make their season. At the same time, we still have to find our game, play our game and stay in our game.”

Alexis Russell finished with 11 kills, adding six digs.

Brooke Howard added 11 kills and 11 digs while Jordan VanOss had nine kills, one block and six digs.

Loryn Baughman had 29 assists on the night, Jackie Friel had five aces and Megann Leighton had five kills in the contest.

“We struggled in serve/receive tonight against a great volleyball program,” Centreville coach Melissa Gales said. “We talked about how important it is to play as a competitor every time we step on the court.”

Bailee May led with seven kills, adding three digs, one block and two aces.

Madison Hunter had five assists on the night and led the team with four digs. Mattie Kirby, AnnMarie Reed and Tearra Pratt all added one kill.

Becky Clementz and Sam Lewis each had an ace while Nellie Pence and Sam Lewis each had three digs.

“Again, Bailey May attacked well and made her presence known at the net,” Gales said.

Centreville will recognize their lone senior, Charity Yeager, tonight in the final home match of the season.

Mendon will welcome in Galesburg-Augusta tonight.

“They’re a good blocking team and their middles are fairly tall,” Trenary said. “They’ve got a big record, we know they are focused for us and we’ll be ready to play.”